Table 11_1_12-3

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_12.3
Short-stay nursing home residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season, by State, 2006 and 2008^a
	2008		2006
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	79.6	0.2	72.6	0.2
Alabama	79.8	1.5	68.5	2.0
Alaska	84.5	3.5	83.3	3.2
Arizona	79.3	1.7	69.5	2.3
Arkansas	87.9	1.0	81.8	1.4
California	75.2	0.8	67.0	0.9
Colorado	72.4	1.8	76.2	1.7
Connecticut	74.2	1.3	68.9	1.4
Delaware	83.5	2.7	80.5	3.1
District of Columbia	69.1	7.5	59.3	6.7
Florida	71.8	0.9	60.8	1.1
Georgia	86.0	0.8	73.0	1.4
Hawaii	81.2	3.2	80.7	2.7
Idaho	80.1	1.9	73.3	2.9
Illinois	74.3	1.0	68.2	1.2
Indiana	76.7	1.0	69.8	1.2
Iowa	86.7	0.9	84.8	1.0
Kansas	81.9	1.3	79.2	1.4
Kentucky	85.6	0.9	80.1	1.2
Louisiana	79.2	1.2	71.8	1.4
Maine	81.8	1.9	77.0	1.9
Maryland	75.1	1.5	68.2	1.8
Massachusetts	82.2	0.7	73.5	1.0
Michigan	78.9	1.1	74.3	1.3
Minnesota	85.3	0.7	79.9	1.0
Mississippi	82.7	1.5	70.1	2.2
Missouri	81.8	0.9	74.0	1.2
Montana	80.0	2.5	79.8	2.8
Nebraska	84.6	1.4	80.9	1.7
Nevada	67.7	4.2	63.5	4.0
New Hampshire	85.5	1.4	76.9	1.9
New Jersey	84.6	0.9	81.7	1.0
New Mexico	63.0	4.1	65.0	3.6
New York	84.0	0.6	80.0	0.6
North Carolina	79.6	0.9	68.7	1.2
North Dakota	89.3	1.4	87.8	1.5
Ohio	77.5	0.8	65.8	1.0
Oklahoma	83.9	1.2	77.3	1.6
Oregon	69.3	2.4	64.2	2.5
Pennsylvania	80.1	0.8	75.9	0.8
Rhode Island	81.7	1.9	80.0	2.2
South Carolina	83.3	1.3	74.8	1.8
South Dakota	84.2	1.7	83.7	1.7
Tennessee	78.7	1.2	69.7	1.4
Texas	81.6	0.6	74.2	0.9
Utah	82.8	2.3	78.5	2.6
Vermont	80.9	2.4	74.3	4.2
Virginia	74.2	1.3	63.5	1.5
Washington	74.3	1.4	70.9	1.4
West Virginia	81.9	1.7	77.6	2.2
Wisconsin	86.2	0.6	82.0	0.8
Wyoming	77.9	4.5	79.6	3.7

^a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp, reflecting care for the last completed flu season (October-March). Facilities with fewer than 20 residents were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_12-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_12-3.html